St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-20
Minnesota as Horse Breeding State
Mr.. Finkle Speaks Out His
Mind on Breeding.
The Twin City Driving Club---The Ar
engagements About ALI Made for
the Great Races.
The Minnesota Breeders Meeting---The
List of Those That Have Made
Second Payments.
Commodore Kittson's Colt Out of So So
Dropped Last Week, Dies
Lord Nelson.

II was Mr.. II. G. Finkle, of Moor
head, that first preached the idea
that fast trotting horses could be
bred in Minnesota just as well as IN
Kentucky or California, and further
more that the youngsters could be
brought to their speed at as early an age
as they can III any other state. Ihs
idea was not very favorably received
among the hOrSemen of Minnesota and
whenever in the horse meetings here
Nj. Finkle began to talk upon the sub
iect, his remarks were listened to with
a degree of Impotence that could
scarcely be concealed. The breeders dld
not believe his theorie, and could scarcely
listen TO them. He was sincere and con-
fident and subsequently went a long
WAYS to confirm his views. Those who
attended the Minnesota Breeders aSSo-
citation meetings several years ago, be-
fore Lord Nelson was brought out and
made his fast three-year-old record OF
2:961I had heard Mr.. Finkle many times
in those meetings eXpatlate upon the
wonderful speed of two-year-old he
had. His reports i'll regard to this colt
were listened TO, but not much con-
tidence was placed in them, not because
Mr.. Finkle'S word was doubted but De
cause they could not believe that a
youngster could be raised i'll Minnesota
where the mercury runs from 10 to 80
below for so long a time, that could
show the speed claimed for this colt by
Mr. Fmkle. 1t was case OF theory
against fact. When, however, Lord
Nelson trotted very severe and
peculiarly trying race at Chicago IN
which he made his record OF 2:26!4,
all were compelled to admit that Mr..
Fink,e had established fact that went
good way toward showing that he was
right. and that Minnesota is good state
i'll which to,
RAISE FAST TROTTERS,
and some began to think that possibly
Mr.. Finllle might be right. 1t must be
admitted that through Mr.. FlnSle'S
teachings and practice there are num-
Der of breeders who, while they are not
quite ready to agree with the owner of
Lord Nelson. are very much more favor
ably impressed with his ideas than they
were FORMERLY Meeting Mr.. Finkle
few DAYS ago at the Ryan representa-
tive of the GLOBE asked him if he still
held as high an opinion in regard to
Minnesota as to breeding trotterS as he
had few years ago, and he replied
that five years ago it was
since then he had seen many
proofs that his opinions were well
founded. and that he was satisfied that
we had the best state in which to breed
that there is in the Union. He then
proceeded to give the following instance
as illustrative of his theory and views:
Five years ago l brought a mare to
Minnesota that was seventeen years old.
The party who sold her to me regarded
her as too old to breed. She had
dropped eleven foalS, some of them by
such noted horses as Rysdyk's HANDLE
tonian. Messenger, DurOc, and Back
mans Abdal1ah, and the foals were in
such hands as Col. r. West, of Ken
lucky, and James Rowland, of New
York, still not one of them ever trOtted
in 2:30 The first foal she dropped
after coming to Minnesota was Lord
Nelson. His record is 9:2G14 as a three
year-old. The second was Pioneer
Belle, now owned by J. /. Case, and he
could have had record as low as Lord
Nelson's as a three-year-Old, but was
taken with cOlt-distemper in her three
year-old form, and Mr.. Case was COM
PEELED to stop working her: She will
probably go into the races this year, and
from the way she is going. in her train
ing, there is no doubt she will go into
winter quarters with record close to
800 as four-year-old. The next foal
from this great mare is now one year
old. and if the party that owns her will
have her worked she will have a lower
record at four years old than either OF
the other two. People who look at this
mare-MisS McLOud-think her good for
four or five more colts. Now, don't you
think this
MINNESOTA CLIMATE
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tered in two races to be trOtted at the
state fair. He has been all winter at
Mr.. SherWood'S stables, but as the rules
will not allow two horses trained in one
stable to be entered in the same race
Nelson was put into the hands of John
DoWd, who now has him at the state
fair grounds"
Mr.. Finkle gives good, sensible rea.
sons for his faith in the state of Mime
sofa being the best state in which tt
breed and raise the trOtter. He says il
is an admitted fact that cattle, sheer
and hogs that are raised. bred and fat
tened in Minnesota show, upon being
killed, that all their vital organs are
larger, stronger and more healthy thar
those of animals bred and raised else
where This has always been noticed
at Chicago, where thousands upon thou
sands of ANIMALS are annually slaugh
tered A horse to trOt fast must bt
healthy and sound. There must be n,
weakness, especially in the vital organs
He must be strong and healthy in hi
heart and lungs especially, and in theS,
particulars Minnesota leads the world
These are sensible reasons, and to MI
Finkle belongs the credit of being on,
of the braveSt and most courageous O
our breeders.